Charity calls on FCA to secure older people’s access to cash through the pandemic and beyond
Charity deeply concerned that our headlong rush towards a cashless society is leaving some older people unable to pay their way...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
Education Policy Institute publishes proposals for a school “Catch Up Plan” to prevent disadvantaged pupils falling further behind during the pandemic
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) will on Wednesday publish a series of policy recommendations for government, designed to prevent a significant widening of the disadvantage gap between poor children and the rest of the pupil population...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
"Cost of refuelling a car at lowest level in four years after oil price plummets" says new RAC research
The average cost of filling up a car with unleaded petrol has dropped to its lowest level since May 2016, as a result of the historic oil price falls caused by the coronavirus outbreak, data from RAC Fuel Watch shows...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
ASCL responds to PAC report on SEND system
Commenting on the report of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, ‘Support for children with special educational needs and disabilities’, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
CCC writes to Prime Minister to set out six principles for a resilient recovery from COVID-19
In letters to the Prime Minister and First Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) sets out six key principles to rebuild the nation following the COVID-19 pandemic...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
NEU responds to Public Accounts Committee report on Support for SEND Pupils
Commenting on a report published today which sets out the damage caused by failings in special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, Rosamund McNeil, Assistant General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
NEU comments on EPI plan for Disadvantaged Pupils
Commenting on the publication of the Education Policy Institute's 'catch up plan' for disadvantaged pupils during the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
Youth Endowment Fund commits £6.5m to reach ‘invisible children’
The Youth Endowment Fund has today announced that it will commit up to £6.5m in new grants to find the best ways to reach “increasingly invisible” vulnerable young people during the current COVID-19 restrictions...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
LGA responds to £6.5m fund to help tackle youth violence
Responding to the Youth Endowment Fund launching a new £6.5 million fund to help support vulnerable children at risk of youth violence during the coronavirus emergency...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01
LGA responds to Public Accounts Committee report on SEND
Responding to the Public Accounts Committee report on special educational needs, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:01